Maruyama Park — Cherry blossoms at Maruyama Park Maruyama Park (円山公園, Maruyama kōen?) … Wikipedia
Maruyama, Sakura — (1840 1899) A member of the Meiji government who had been imprisoned before the Meiji restoration for advocating the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was very much influenced by Hirata, Atsutane s kokugaku ideas and briefly held office… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Ōgamiyama Shrine — The Main Building Saino Kawara Ōgamiyama Jinja … Wikipedia
Inaba Shrine — Infobox Shinto shrine name = Inaba Shrine 伊奈波神社 width = 250 caption = Shimon leading to the shrine s honden type = dedication = Inishiki Irihiko no mikoto founded = 85 closed = founder = priest = Hito Higashimichi address = 1 1 Inaba dōri, Gifu… … Wikipedia
Kompira Shrine — Kotohira gū (金刀比羅宮; also known as Konpira dai gongen ) is a Shintō shrine in the town of Kotohira in Nakatado District of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often familiarly referred to as Konpira san and supposed to be founded during the first… … Wikipedia
Yasaka Shrine — nihongo|Yasaka Shrine|八坂神社|Yasaka jinja, once called Gion Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō dōri (Fourth Avenue), it was built originally in 656. The shrine includes several… … Wikipedia
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
Brilliance of the Moon — infobox Book | name = Brilliance of the Moon title orig = translator = image caption = author = Lian Hearn illustrator = cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = Tales of the Otori genre = Fantasy novel publisher = Hodder… … Wikipedia